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Misinput avoidance method for mobile terminal

a mobile terminal and avoidance method technology, applied in the field of mobile terminals, can solve the problems of user's likely misinput, increased whole manufacturing cost of the mobile terminal due to sensors and additional, and achieve the effect of avoiding the misinput caused

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-02-23
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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[0006]The present invention provides a misinput avoidance method for a mobile terminal that is capable of avoiding the misinput caused by contacting unintended keys around the target key in the space-constrained input device.
[0007]Also, the present invention provides a misinput avoidance method for a mobile terminal having an input device that is capable of reducing misinput caused by contacting keys around the target key unintentionally.
[0008]Also, the present invention provides a misinput avoidance method for a mobile terminal having an input device that is capable of providing the user with an optimized key input environment, resulting in reduction of misinputs caused by contacting unintended keys around the target.
[0009]Furthermore, the present invention provides a misinput avoidance method for a mobile terminal equipped with an input device that allows the user to input efficiently without misinput, resulting in improvement of user's convenience and usability.

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Accordingly, the conventional mobile terminal has a drawback in that the user may be likely to make a misinput by contacting unintended keys densely arranged around the target key.
However, the conventional method has a drawback in that the whole manufacturing cost of the mobile terminal increases due to the sensors and additional software.

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[0022]FIGS. 1 through 5, discussed below, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the present disclosure in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the present disclosure may be implemented in any suitably arranged mobile terminal. Detailed description of well-known functions and structures incorporated herein may be omitted to avoid obscuring the subject matter of the present invention. That is, the description is made only with the operations necessary in the embodiments of the present invention, and other parts that may cause obscurity of the subject matter of the present invention are omitted.

[0023]The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for avoiding a misinput caused by contacting unintended keys around the target key in a mobile terminal having a space-constrained input device. The mobil...

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A misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal may be implemented to prevent a misinput caused by contacting unintended keys around the target key. A misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes detecting inputs of a plurality of keys and discriminating a target key from other keys. The method also includes extracting keys around the target key and registering the keys around the target keys as neighbor keys. The method further includes processing the input of the target key while blocking the inputs of the neighbor keys. The method further includes releasing, when the target key is released, the blocking of the inputs of the neighbor keys.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]The present application is related to and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119 a of a Korean patent application filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Aug. 20, 2010 and assigned Serial No. 10-2010-0080914, and the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and, in particular, to a misinput avoidance method of a mobile terminal for avoiding misinputs made by contacting unintended keys around a target key.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]With the advance of data communication and semiconductor technologies, the use of mobile terminals is widespread and the number of users is increasing rapidly. Recently, the mobile terminals are evolving into multifunctional devices integrating various functions in line with the mobile convergence tendency. For example, a recent mobile communication terminal in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/023
CPCG06F3/023G06F3/0237G06F3/0238G06F3/04886H04M1/23
Inventor SON, DONG KYUNKANG, DONG HANPARK, WOO CHANWOO, JONG SOOKANG, SANG HOON
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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